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quadratic equation quadratic equation in mathematics a quadratic equation is a univariate polynomial equation of the second degree a general quadratic equation can be written in the form where x represents a variable or an unknown and a b and c are constants with a 0 if a 0 the equation is a linear equation the constants a b and c are called respectively the quadratic coefficient the linear coefficient and the constant term or free term the term quadratic comes from quadratus which is the latin word for square quadratic equations can be solved by factoring completing the square graphing newton s method and using the quadratic formula given below quadratic formula a quadratic equation with real or complex coefficients has two solutions called roots these two solutions may or may not be distinct and they may or may not be real having the roots are given by the quadratic formula where the symbol ± indicates that both discriminant example discriminant signs <0 x2+1/2 =0 -4/3x2+4/3x-1/3 know more about rectangle math.edurite.com page 1/3

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>0 3/2x2+1/2x-4/3 in the above formula the expression underneath the square root sign is called the discriminant of the quadratic equation and is often represented using an upper case d or an upper case greek delta the initial of the greek word diakrínousa discriminant a quadratic equation with real coefficients can have either one or two distinct real roots or two distinct complex roots in this case the discriminant determines the number and nature of the roots there are three cases if the discriminant is positive then there are two distinct roots both of which are real numbers for quadratic equations with integer coefficients if the discriminant is a perfect square then the roots are rational numbers in other cases they may be quadratic irrationals if the discriminant is zero then there is exactly one distinct real root sometimes called a double root if the discriminant is negative then there are no real roots rather there are two distinct non-real complex roots which are complex conjugates of each other where i is the imaginary unit thus the roots are distinct if and only if the discriminant is non-zero and the roots are real if and only if the discriminant is non-negative monic form:dividing the quadratic equation by the quadratic coefficient a gives the simplified monic form of where p b/a and q c/a this in turn simplifies the root and discriminant equations somewhat to read more about long division math.edurite.com page 2/3

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